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zairekhalid3
Participant
July 10, 2015
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Smart Filters for GIFs?

  • July 10, 2015
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Before I was able to select all frames, covert them to smart filter, and apply whichever filter I wanted. This would then apply to all of the frames, and so my gif would essentially have all of the same effects. Up until yesterday, I began having trouble. The smart filter would only apply to one frame. Could it be anything I pressed? Is there any way to fix this?

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Correct answer Benjamin Root

I'm have the same problem. I followed your last instructions and the gif still converted to one layer. Would you mind listing step-by-step instructions on how to do this? I must missing a step of not doing them in the correct order. I recently got Photoshop and I still can do this after spending hours looking tutorials. I would appreciate your help. I am using a Mac. Thanks.


Yes, it will be converted to a single smart object layer. Now you can add your Smart Filters. The process again:

  1. Open GIF
  2. Convert to Timeline Animation
  3. Select all layers; Ctrl+Alt+A or Cmd+Opt+A
  4. Convert layers into a Smart Object.

Here's a video:

Benjamin

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Benjamin Root
Legend
July 10, 2015

You'll need to convert to a smart object for smart filters to work...

zairekhalid3
Participant
July 10, 2015

I've also tried that. When I convert it to a smart object, It converts to one layer.

Benjamin Root
Legend
July 30, 2015

I was able to apply the filters (veery easy), but the gif won't loop. It works fine in Photoshop, but it stops at the end when viewed in Safari or when I upload it to Tumblr. Loop playback is checked. I selected forever when the gif was in frames, but I don't see that option in timeline.  If there something else I should have selected? Thanks again for your help.


Click the little gear and turn on loop playback on the timeline. Of course this will only be valid within Photoshop. Make sure you have loop forever selected when exporting with Save For Web.

Benjamin